Quotation Quiz: Sheila

Question 1

Stage directions: description of Sheila a young women who is infantilised

Answer 1

‘ pretty girl in her early twenties, very pleased with life and rather excited’

Question 2

She accepts a subordinate role: he is the decision maker about her engagement ring

Answer 2

‘ is it the one you wanted me to have?’
Sheila to Gerald

Question 3

Sheila needs the engagement ring before she says she can really…. She therefore appears to be rather superficial

Answer 3

‘ feel enganged’

Question 4

Sheila first raises suspicion about Gerald’s actions near the start of the play
Burns at underlying tensions however she doesn’t challenge him

Answer 4

‘ last summer, when you never came near me, and I wondered what had happened to you’
Sheila to Gerald

Question 5

She threatened to …………… at Milwards if the manager did not sack Eva

Answer 5

‘ persuade mother to close our account’

Question 6

Sheila is visibly upset about her involvement in the chain of events leading to Eva’s death: stage direction

Answer 6

‘ as if she’s been crying’

Question 7

Sheila accepts responsibility for her actions

Answer 7

‘ I behaved badly too. I know I did. I’m ashamed of it’

Question 8

Sheila’s recognition that the inspector already knows everything about their enforcement with the chain of events. So there is no point lying or withholding information

Answer 8

‘ he knows. Of course he knows’

Question 9

Sacrament as she asserts herself

Answer 9

‘ wonderful fairy prince’
‘ hero’
Sheila to Gerald

Question 10

Sheila refuses to take back the engagement ring from Gerald at the end of the play. She has changed and realised that there is more options for the future than traditional marriage

Answer 10

‘ it’s too soon. I must think.’